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North West’s CIPR PRide Awards see Manchester agencies win big | Print |  Email to a friend
Friday, 21 November 2008
Hundreds of PR professionals gathered at the Hilton in Manchester for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ 2008 North West PRide Awards.

Ironically, Koan PR, which is in the process of going into administration, got the outstanding PR Consultancy of the Year Award.

How-Do was told that the Chartered Institute of Public Relations' judging was done in August and the award was given for their work between July 2005 and July 2008.

Staniforth boss Rob Brown was presented with the Outstanding PR Professional gong. Tangerine and Golley Slater picked up 3 each and Manchester Airport Group took home 2 awards.

"The PRide Awards never fail to deliver, year after year," said Dave Sanders, chairman of the CIPR North West.

"With an almost 40 per cent increase in guests attending the ceremony this year, PR professionals across the North West all want to be in with a chance of winning these sought after awards."

With Manchester agencies getting 25 of the 45 awards, no doubt it'll lead to more debate as to where the Liverpool agencies are...

More than 1500 entries were received and the results are below:

North West’s CIPR PRide Awards see Manchester agencies win big
Category 1 – Corporate Communications
IAS B2B Marketing, Jobs for the girls  - Gold
United Utilities, Tap into water  - Silver
Category 2 – Not-for-Profit
Golley Slater, A walk to remember  - Gold
Tangerine Public Relations, Cheshire Safer Roads Partnership  - Silver
Category 3 – Internal Communications
United Utilities, Our United goal  - Gold
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Be proud campaign  - Silver
Category 4 – Crisis Communications
Staniforth Communications, Blot on the cultural landscape  - Gold
Manchester Airports Group, Environmental protestors  - Silver
Category 5 – Business and Trade
Context Public Relations, Checkpoint: Pure Security  - Gold
IAS B2B Marketing, Seeing is believing  - Silver
Category 6 – Community Relations
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, £50 Million – Could it be us  - Gold
The Co–operative Group, Green energy boost for 100 schools  - Silver
Category 7 – Public Affairs
Manchester Airport Group, De-designation of Manchester Airport  - Silver
Category 8 – Public Sector
Golley Slater, A Lifetime of rewards  - Gold
Staniforth Communications, The International Student Awards 2008  - Silver
Category 9 – Low Budget
MTJ Associates, Save our milkman!  - Gold
Fido PR, Extraordinary Ordsall  - Silver
Category 10 – Consumer Relations
Brazen PR, Beds to live your life on  - Gold
Catapult Public Relations, Crocodiles rock  - Silver
Category 11 – Best Use of Media Relations
United Utilities, Tap into water  - Gold
Connectpoint PR, The Filthy Company debut  - Silver
Category 12 – Integrated Communications
McCann Erickson Communications House, Don't be a cancer chancer  - Gold,
United Utilities, Manchester Water Main rehabilitation  - Silver
Category 13 – Corporate Responsibility
The Co-Operative Group, The Co-operative food ethical policy  - Gold
Category 14 – Best Use of New Media
BJL Group, Lining up to fight cancer  - Gold
Tangerine Public Relations, Cheshire safer roads partnership   - Silver
Category 15 – Best Use of Photography or Design
IAS B2B Marketing, 101 Cliches  - Gold
Connectpoint PR, Gingerbread army  - Silver
Category 16 – Best Newspaper or Magazine
Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service, In the Loop  - Gold
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, The Reporter  - Silver
Category 17 – Best Publication
Ribble Valley Borough Council, Ribble Valley Borough Council Annual Report 2007 – Gold
IPB Communications, Working with offenders: An employers' handbook  - Silver
Category 18 – Best Leaflet
IPB Communications, Werneth is changing  - Gold
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Emergency Pocket Guide  - Silver
Category 19 – Best Website or Microsite
IAS B2B Marketing, Get innervision  - Gold
Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service, manchesterfire.gov.uk  - Silver
Category 20 – Best Event
Mersey Travel, Under & over the Mersey (2008)  - Gold
Golley Slater, PRE 2012 Games training camp launches (North West)  - Silver
Category 21 – Outstanding Young Communicator
Deborah Clark, Fido PR   - Gold
Category 22 – Outstanding Small Consultancy
Cameron Wells Communications  - Gold
MTJ Associates  - Silver
Category 23 – Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team
Information Commissioner's Office  - Gold
Manchester Airports Group  - Silver
Category 24 – Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy
Koan PR - Gold
Tangerine Public Relations - Silver

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 1 By ANON, on 21-11-2008 09:50
You have made a mockery of these awards.
 2 By Lucy, on 21-11-2008 10:26
I'm really pleased that the St Ann's Walk won Gold - well done Golley Slater for their well-handled PR plan!
 3 By ASHAMED, on 21-11-2008 10:30
Shame on the CIPR and shame on Koan. This completely undermines all the great work being done in the North West business community.  
 
As an 'ethical' agency, Koan should not have accepted this award.
 4 By PT Barnum, on 21-11-2008 17:25
The judges naturally have some serious explaining to do here...  
 
But let's not allow this news to detract from the talent and achievement of all the agencies awarded this year. 
 
Well done to IAS B2B Public Relations.  
- I see you guys cleared up on the night - 9 shortlisted entries, 3 Golds and 1 Silver.  
B2B - its the new black, don't you know!
 5 By freddy fox, on 21-11-2008 12:45
Utterly hilarious and worthy of a tip to Private Eye (I'm dialing the number now!) The incompetence of the CIPR is only topped by the audacity of Koan phoenixing themselves as "Ethical Comms" - oh irony of ironies!
 6 By why?, on 21-11-2008 13:07
why don't they rename the awards the manchester Pride awards. Where are all the hot Liverpool PR professionals in this list? Oh I know, they were at the Livercool awards. Hmmm.
 7 By ANON, on 21-11-2008 13:16
Any thoughts on how the jolly old CIPR might be planning to handle the PR fallout on this one? Answers in the form of a comprehensive crisis management plan please
 8 By Confused, on 21-11-2008 13:29
Can someone kindly explain what exactly Koan has done to warrant such wrath? Is it that they've gone under and re-launched themselves, possibly leaving creditors? Or another reason? Why is it unethical to accept an award?
 9 By Rob Morrice, on 21-11-2008 13:29
I do believe that IAS B2B Marketing won more awards than any other agency - 3 golds and 1 silver - and our PR team is ony 10 people out of an agency staff of 50. And we only do B2B. If nobody else is shouting from the rooftops about how remarkable an achievement this is, I feel it behoves me to. As for Koan, people should get off their case. I'm sure they didn't plan to go bust. This is the worst recession in modern times so there's bound to be some high profile casualties. 
 
Rob Morrice 
MD IAS
 10 By In the Know..., on 21-11-2008 14:28
To reply to Confused... Koan is probably experiencing a lot of wrath from people who have come across them on either a professional or personal level. The back lash and criticism is karma as far as I am concerned!
 11 By PeterP, on 21-11-2008 14:19
Confused - it is the former as far as I am concerned! - and the poor attempt to disguise all this almost as a pre-planned and exciting strategy. there certainly is not any disgrace in going under in the current climate - but to go on about how wonderful the 'new' agency will be is a little over the top.
 12 By Confused, on 21-11-2008 17:24
Many thanks to How-Doers for putting this into context. Rather like the White Star Line offering exciting scuba diving events to the Titanic in 1912...jolly bad form.
 13 By Everbodyknowsit!, on 21-11-2008 17:24
The shame isn't that Koan went bust, it's that a bunch of incompetent judges thought that an agency that supposedly had 'ethical credentials - i.e. it recycles its paper and sends its staff to teach in Vietnam' accepted the award knowing that it had failed to run its business in a professional and proper manner. Everyone is suffering, the economic climate is concerning everyone but most owner managers understand the importance of cashflow and overhead to income ratios. Koan clearly didn't.
 14 By Hello, on 21-11-2008 16:51
Rob - we admire your public support of your team but SKV, Citypress, MC2 all do B2B PR and have won these awards for decades.
 15 By great pr stunt, on 21-11-2008 16:59
this is a great pr stunt from koan - now we all know they have a new agency. job done. goodnight.
 16 By true colours, on 22-11-2008 01:30
Between the lines, not such a great stunt: 40k debts - is any owed to staff or consultants for work done? Pray, tell. If so, that would not be so "ethical." That's the stunt: "ethical" PR.
 17 By Rob Morrice, on 22-11-2008 09:05
Hello Hello. Strange name Hello. Never heard anyone called that in Scotland. There are lots of valid comments re the Pride Awards on this blog, including yours, but is there a problem with you and your peers down here identifying yourselves.? North of the border we prefer to do our stabbing in the front. Its more honest that way Bye Hello. 
Rob Morrice
 18 By Hello, on 22-11-2008 10:42
Hello Rob. Why do you think I'm stabbing you in the back? I only made reference to the fact that you are not the only agency to do B2B PR. Plenty do in Manchester and have done for years. There's lots of business to go around so keep your knickers on!
 19 By 'Koaned' through and through, on 17-12-2008 16:55
Not surprised they went under - ask any of the NGO's they worked with
 20 By Credibility Crunch, on 10-06-2009 18:17
What happens now to the Magic Bean Company that was the umbrella group for Koan PR and the MAGIC BEANS CHARITABLE TRUST?

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